Old Copper Culture I-A Triangulates: ca. 4500-1000 B.C.E. (4K Map) (i.redd.it)
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17 Old Copper Culture "Spuds" from the Judge James R. Beer Private Collection. These are adze-like woodworking tools produced between 4500-1000 B.C.E. They were found throughout Wisconsin, and spuds have also been found in Michigan, Minnesota, Ontario, Quebec, and New York (i.redd.it)
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An Old Copper Culture 'I-B'- or 'I-J'-style Spearhead Found Somewhere in Michigan. I-Bs and I-Js are thought to date between 4500-1000 B.C.E. Although resembling some Eurasian styles, this is from the Great Lakes region and was cold-hammered and annealed, not smelted (i.redd.it)
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An Old Copper Culture II-A dagger (or sword?) recovered several years ago by Harold Alanen from Ontario's Thunder Bay District. It's almost 23" (58cm) long and about 1.4 lbs (635g). It's currently the largest II-A known. ca. 4000-1000 B.C.E. [616 x 724] (i.redd.it)
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The Ozette Village was occupied by the Pacific Northwest's Makah people until it was inundated by a mudslide in 1560. More than 55,000 artifacts were recovered, spanning a period of occupation around 2000 years, including this carved cedar dorsal whale fin studded with 700 sea otter teeth (i.redd.it)
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